14th Counter Fraud, Cybercrime and Forensic Accounting Conference

Fraud Prevention and Victimisation 1: Chaired by Professor Mark Button (LT1/Online)

• Professor Michael Levi, Cardiff University, UK. Rethinking a public health approach to fraud.
• Dr Diana Johnson, University of the West of England, UK. The fight against corporate fraud and the significance of the new 'failure to prevent fraud' offence for larger organisations.
• Chris Freeman and Michael Betts, Public Sector Fraud Authority. Public Sector Fraud Model (PSFM): A new model to counter fraud designed for the public sector.
• Dr Elisabeth Carter, Kingston University. Gullibility, loneliness, exploitation or just bad luck? Exploring older adults' perceptions of fraud risks, protections and victimhood. (Co-authors: V. Karagiannopoulos and A. Kirby.)

Diversity of Online Harms: Chaired by Anda Solea (LT2)

• Dr Albert González Jiménez, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain and Alberto León Serrano, Open University of Catalonia / Madrid Bar Association. Crime and deviance in Metaverse environments.
• Dr Milind Tiwari, Charles Stuart University, Australia. Metaverse: Policing challenges of combatting criminality in the New Realm. (Co-authors: Y. Zhou, A. Childs, L.Y.C. Chang, J. Ferrill.)
• Anna Meyniel, International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, France. 'Jailbait'L What do incels and Child Sexual Abuse communities have in common?

Banking, Fraud and Economic Crime: Chair to be confirmed (LT3)

• Dr Dewan Muktadir-Al-Mukit, Sheffield Hallam University, UK. How investors react to cyber-attacks news.
• Andrew Jackson, National Bank of Kuwait, UK. How effective are banks in preventing economic crime? Lessons from recent UK enforcement actions.
• Dr Lorenzo Bernardini, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Emerging threats, evolving responses - combating sanctions evasion and financial fraud in a digital age.
• Charlotte Hogan, Money Laundering Reporting Officer, Isle of Man. The use and usefulness of the Fraud Investigation Model and barriers police face when investigating fraud and economic crime: An Isle of Man context. 

Fraud Prevention and Victimisation 2: Chaired by Dr Branislav Hock (LT1/Online)

• Professor Thomas Holt, Michigan State University. Assessing the factors associated with fraud victimization reporting to law enforcement.
• Dr Matthew Edwards, University of Bristol, Dr Jack Whittaker, University of Surrey, UK, Dr Cassandra Cross, Queensland University of Technology, Australia and Professor Mark Button, University of Portsmouth, UK. Return to sender: Mapping the online economy of refund fraud.
• Professor Regina Frei, University of the Arts London, UK. Deterring wardrobing: The impact of message strategies on fraudulent return behaviour.

Economic Crime and Cybercrime in Africa: Chaired by Dr Mo Adda (LT2)

• Chukwuma K. Orji, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nigeria. The emerging challenges of cyber laundering and cyber-tax evasion in the developing countries.
• Brian Omondi Onyango, Strathmore University, Kenya. Factors influencing economic crimes conviction outcomes in Kenya's state-owned corporations. Does the regulatory enforcement infrastructure matter? (Co-authors: J. McFie and D. Mathuva.)
• Dr Uche Igwe, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Cross-border approaches to combating cybercrime in Africa.
• Professor Delano Cole van der Linde, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Understanding and combating business email compromise fraud in the South African context.

Business and Fraud: Chaired by Dr Branislav Hock (LT1/Online)

• Laura Eshelby, Clue Software, UK. Fraud: A global business opportunity. 
• Dr Rasha Kassem, Aston University, UK. Philanthropy at risk: Exposing and addressing charity fraud. 
• Professor Saskia van Ruth, University College Dublin, Ireland. The role of business and personal ethics in protecting food supply chains against fraudulent activities.

Misinformation and Social Media: Chaired by Dr Shikun Zhou (LT2)

• Valeen Oseh-Ovarah, TisOva Ltd, UK. The current challenges within social media forensics in the UK: with reference to the Southport riots 2024.
• Diana Selck-Paulsson and Ben Gibney, Orange Cyberdefense, Sweden. Geopolitical hacktivism: Elections, disinformation and strategic cyber operations.
• Marine (Qi) Yuan, University of Portsmouth, UK. The distribution of disinformation and its impact: Analysis of risks to women's reproductive rights and safety on digital platforms through the transformative gender justice framework.
• Dr Ruth McAlister and Dr Fabian Campbell-West, Harod Associates, UK. The use of AI and machine learning for the predictions and investigations of crimes.

Romance Fraud and Scammers: Chaired by Professor Mark Button (LT3)

• Dr Suleman Lazarus, London School of Economic and Political Sciences, UK and Adebayo Benedict Soares, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nigeria. Profiling cybercriminals: Insights from convicted cases of online romance fraud.
• Dr Jude Dandison and Emmanuel Efe Eboselume, Engaging Youths in Anti-Corruption and Cybercrime Education (EYACE), UK/Nigeria. Bridging the gap: Leveraging anti-corruption to combat cybercrime and economic crime in Nigeria.
• Dr Sophia Yakhlef and Dr Isabelle Johannson, Kristianstad University, Sweden. Romance fraud in Swedish news media: Representations of the crime, victims, and offenders.
• Ammi Virk and Ling Ling Li, Lex Collective. Multidisciplinary development of typologies to combat trafficking in forced criminality in Southeast Asian cyber-scam compounds.         

 Cyber-enabled terrorism and counter-terrorism: Chaired by Dr Vasileios Karagiannopoulos (2.02)

• Dr Pauline Saliba, National Coordinating Committee on Combating Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism, Malta. Assessing terrorism financing risks. 
• Temitayo Jimoh, Department for Work and Pensions, UK. Cyber-enabled terrorism.
• Thea Sogenbits, Estonian Tax and Customs Board. The application of OSINT and AI in criminal intelligence and counterterrorism.
• Saman Omar, Genocide Studies Centre, Duhok University, Iraq; Universiti Utara, Malaysia. Analyzing cyber-terrorism threats and their impact on national security in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.